Nemesis
Nemesis noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.
Usage example: social ostracism was once society's nemesis for those who defied its sexual mores
Wrath
Wrath noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.
Usage example: the evangelist warned the gathering that unrepentant sinners would suffer the wrath of God
Nearby Word: wrathful
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| original | original nemesis | original wrath |
| proper | proper nemesis | proper wrath |
| great | great nemesis | great wrath |
| living | living nemesis | living wrath |
| Other adjectives: ancient, new, vengeful, aforementioned, terrifying. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Data's similarities to Spock apparently weren't lost on the producers: in Nemesis, they even gave him a Heroic Sacrifice that suspiciously resembled Spock's death in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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Wrath: Nemesis is sent into a revenge-fueled fury after being ordered to kill her lover and kills Gallerian to exact her vengeance.
Source: Franchise / Evillious Chronicles - Come 2014, and "The Last Revolver" turns out to be the backstory for the Wrath song, "The Muzzle of Nemesis".
Source: Chekhov's Gunman
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